About Us
Laser Sports New Zealand was founded in 2015 and officially became an incorporated society in 2018.
Our main purpose is to help grow the sport of laser tag in New Zealand. We do this by running laser tag leagues and competitions across New Zealand, including the annual ‘New Zealand Invitationals’, which is our largest competition of the year. We also oversee high performance laser tag teams representing New Zealand in overseas competitions, particularly in the Australasian Championships and the World Championships.
The Committee
Laser Sports New Zealand’s committee is made up of 5 volunteers voted in by our players; these consist of our President, 2 Auckland Representatives and 2 Dunedin Representatives.
Our purpose is to govern Laser Sports New Zealand in all matters including the organising and running of competitions and leagues, making decisions in regards to competition player selections, regrading our players based on performance using LSNZ gradings, and the general running of the society.
President
Danny "Popeyes" Smith
Popeyes has been playing laser tag for over a decade. He is one of the original NZ Cobras, winning several trophies in ZLTAC and Worlds.
He is one of the founding members of LSNZ. This is his second time as President.
Auckland Representatives
Annie "Arcane" Aitken
Arcane has been playing laser tag since 2008. She won the ZLTAC teams event in 2014 and has been on the NZ Cobras since 2017. She has been a member of the committee since 2019.
Rachel "Cheru" Scott
Cheru has been playing laser tag since 2014. She has been working behind the scenes for LSNZ since 2016 and has been a member of the committee since 2021.
Dunedin Representatives
Conor "Traitor" Armstrong
Traitor has been playing laser tag since 2016, and has previously been involved in running the Otago University Laser Tag Society. He has played at every LSNZ Invitationals since its inception in 2016. This is his second time as a member of the committee.
Dannielle "Zygorhiza" Eagles
Zygorhiza has been playing laser tag since 2018. She played her first ZLTAC in 2023 and has been a member of the committee since 2023.